Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure

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Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure
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Studio album by
Juliana Hatfield
ReleasedMay 16, 2000
Genre Alternative rock
Length38:22
Label Zoë Records [1]
Producer Juliana Hatfield
Juliana Hatfield chronology
Beautiful Creature
(2000)		Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure
(2000)		 Gold Stars 1992–2002: The Juliana Hatfield Collection
(2002)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 35/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly A [5]

Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure is an album by Juliana Hatfield, released in 2000. [6] [7] It was released on the same day as Beautiful Creature . [5] [8]

Contents

The songs "Total System Failure" and "Leather Pants" use the same music with different lyrics.

Production

The album was recorded as a trio, dubbed Juliana's Pony. Bass player Mikey Welsh co-wrote four songs. [9] Although inspired by Hatfield's months-long stay in Los Angeles, the album was made in Austin, Texas. [10]

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote that "this is Hatfield at her funniest and most bitter, heaping bile on boy toys ('Houseboy'), All About Eve ladder-climbers ('My Protegee'), teenage girls in SUVs ('Road Wrath') and overly fertile families ('Breeders')." [11] Trouser Press wrote: "It’s easily the weakest album in her career and sounds even worse when compared to the subtle path of Beautiful Creature, although there is something mortifyingly fascinating about the utterly disastrous tone in which Hatfield portrays her life and loves." [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Juliana Hatfield, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."White Thrash" 0:15
2."Metal Fume Fever"Hatfield, Mikey Welsh 2:00
3."Houseboy"Hatfield, Welsh2:44
4."Road Wrath"Hatfield, Welsh3:36
5."Let's Get Married" 2:30
6."Breeders"Hatfield, Welsh2:54
7."My Protégée" 3:43
8."Total System Failure" 3:12
9."The Victim" 2:50
10."Using You" 4:11
11."Leather Pants" 2:52
12."Noblesse Oblige" 4:00
13."Ten Foot Pole" 3:35
Total length:38:22

Personnel

Production

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References

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  2. ↑ "Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure by Juliana Hatfield". Metacritic . Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure - Juliana Hatfield | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: juliana hatfield" . Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Beautiful Creature and Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure". EW.com.
  6. ↑ "Juliana Hatfield | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ↑ "Juliana Hatfield; Juliana's Pony". August 24, 2000.
  8. ↑ "Juliana Hatfield: Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure". The A.V. Club. 29 March 2002. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Dominic, Serene (June 8, 2000). "Hatfield's the Real McCoy". Phoenix New Times.
  10. ↑ "JULIANA HATFIELD PURSUES TWO PATHS TO SATISFACTION". mcall.com. 23 June 2000.
  11. ↑ "Juliana's Pony Total System Failure". exclaim.ca.
  12. ↑ "Juliana Hatfield". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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